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C. A. PONERDEN.

SPRINKLING BOX.

` h Inh/EMTE CLARENCE A. FONERDEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LSPECFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,718, dated March l0, 1885.

Application cd December 31, 1884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that l, CLARENCE A. FONER- DEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new andusefulImprorementsin sprinkling-Boxes. of'which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing. l

My invention relates to boxes or receptacles for tooth powder, cachou, catarrh snuit', and like preparations. It has for an object to provide a box in which the articles may be conveniently stored lfor packing and in suitable form forsale, and from which the preparations may be sil'ted in desired quantities for use.

` The invention consists in certain details of construction, which will be described 'and claimed.

In the drawing I have represented my improved box in vertical section.

The article is formed of the box or receptacle A, the cover B, and the removable plug' 'C, the box and cover' being wrapped by the no matter how little powder there may be it will readily pass to and out of the aperture. This aperture B' is formed through the cover, and is made of a suitable size to permit the passage of a single cachou, or of a small quantity of powder when the box is inverted.

The plug C is itted to the aperture B', and provided with a knob or head, C', by which it may be easily manipulated. This head also forms an ornamentto the box, as will be seen.

V In the drawing the plug is shown in dotted lines in, and in full lines out of, the box. When the plug is in place,the contents of the l box are protected from the influence of the atmosphere, the plug fitting tightly in the opening and rendering the box practically air-tight.

In practice the box will be lled with the desired preparation, the cover applied, and the label pasted on the box and over thejoint between box and cover, closing said joint and serving as an efficient and simple means of retaining the cover in place.

The box, it will be, understood, can be made of wood, glass, or other suitable material, and when the plug is removed the contents may be sifted or dusted out in any desired quantities onto a brush, cloth, or into the palm of the hand much more conveniently than by dipping into the powder-box, as now'practiced.

rIhe top of the lid through which the opening B' is formed is very materially thickened.

as shown, so that the opening B is deep, and

the engagement between it and the pl'hg C will in consequence be more secure and less liable to be accidentally removed; and the same construction also prevents the powder from falling out of the opening B' when the box is upset on its side when the plug is out.

I am aware that powder boxes have been made having a removable cover with one or more punctures or openings in it, and I do not claim such, broadly; but

Vhat I do claim is- The herein-described powder-box, consisting ot' the body A, having the shoulder A', the lid Blitting upon the shoulder A' and provided with a thickened center, as. shown, with the opening B' out through it, and the plug C to fit in the opening B', whereby greater security is given to the plug, and the liability to spill when upset with the plug out is obviated, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence ot' two witnesses.

CLARENCE A. FONERDEN.

Vitnesses:

HENRY BELL, SAUNDERs HONEY. 

